#talent

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#any #before #being #bronx #buddies

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#cause #community #country #gave #give

I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#done #go #hard #hard work #i

I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts. ↗

— Martin Ritt

#genetic #i #lot #respect #talent

Talent is being able to please people. ↗

— Marty Robbins

#being #people #please #talent

I can evaluate a player in a very short period of time because I'm very close to that game, very educated in that game and played the game for a long, long time. I wasn't just a guy with talent. I learned a lot about the game. ↗

— Kurt Russell

#because #close #educated #evaluate #game

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#away #gift #given #taken #talent

You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition. ↗

— Joel McHale

#get #nail #talent #then #you

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing. ↗

— Paul Simon

#growing #hope #i #i can #major

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. ↗

— Sydney Smith

#day #deal #effort #every #every day